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1 Dependency graph
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4 The complete Themyscira GSM codec libraries & utilities package as presented
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5 here consists of two principal parts:
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7 Division 1: libgsmefr, libgsmfr2 and libtwamr, the set of C code libraries
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8 intended to be usable by other software;
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10 Division 2: various command line utilities that were developed under the
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11 umbrella of this project and are being released accordingly.
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13 Division 2 components have a compile-time dependency on Division 1 (most of
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14 these Division 2 command line utilities link with the libraries), but not the
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15 other way around: none of the core libraries have any dependency on any other
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16 part of this package, not even on each other.
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18 Previous versions of gsm-codec-lib suite had a dependency on libgsm, the
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19 original GSM 06.10 implementation library from 1990s, and our suite was
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20 originally architectured as extending and building on top of libgsm. However,
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21 this dependency has now been eliminated, and our new GSM codec libraries and
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22 utilities suite is now completely independent from historical libgsm.
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24 Compiling and installing Themyscira libraries and utilities
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27 The configuration and build process has been fully revamped since previous
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28 versions:
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30 * You now need to run ./configure before running 'make' - however, please note
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31 that our ./configure script is hand-coded, not Autotools/autohell, hence
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32 there is no autoreconf nonsense involved.
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34 * When you run ./configure, you get the opportunity to either leave CC=, CFLAGS=
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35 and the install prefix at their default values, or change them to your own
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38 * There are no more mandatory install-lib and install-utils targets, instead
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39 you get standard 'make install' that installs everything into whichever
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40 prefix you chose at configure time. (The ability to install only Division 1
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41 components with 'make install-lib' or only Division 2 components with
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42 'make install-utils' is still available, but it is now an experts-only
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43 option: if you don't see yourself needing this type of split install, then
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44 you don't need it.)
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46 The default install prefix is /usr/local, following the general standard for
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47 software packages and configure scripts. To change this install location, pass
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48 the standard --prefix=/wherever option to ./configure script. In addition to
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49 --prefix, our configure script accepts --exec-prefix, --bindir, --includedir
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50 and --libdir options, following the common standard.
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52 The default compilation settings are CC=gcc and CFLAGS=-O2; to change them,
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53 pass CC=my-whatever-cc and/or CFLAGS="-fwhatever-flags" to configure.